There is no shortage of legal recruiters.  Many firm partners report annoyance at too-frequent calls from headhunters, some who demonstrate only passing familiarity with the practices for which they purport to be recruiting. Accordingly, law firm partners are truly in the catbird seat when it comes to choosing a recruiter.  The following are a few […]

Law firms’ fortunes rise and fall with the quality of their partners. By “quality” I do not mean partners’ brilliance, charisma, or ability to win cases and close deals. Rather, I define quality as members of law firm hiring committees do: a partner’s ability to bring in business. The fierce competition for high-quality, profit-generating legal […]

Ask any recruiter about the most frustrating part of his or her job, and you’ll likely receive a response along the lines of: “Keeping candidates from tripping over their own feet.” To be sure, many law firm partners are smooth, well-prepared, and wary of the most common recruiting pitfalls. Yet many–perhaps a full half of […]

For some attorneys, phone calls from legal recruiters are an occasional annoyance; for others, such calls are a welcome relief—even a potential lifeline. A lawyer’s attitude toward calls from recruiters often varies over time, depending on whether he or she is satisfied at a current firm, or whether a “change of venue” might represent a […]